Non-refillable bottle.



- H. MARCUS. NON-REPILLABLEJ BOTTLE. APYLIOATION FILED JAN.22,1912.

1,025,757. Patented May 7, 1912.

WITNESSES INVENTOR fi rman fiarcw it 4 'M ATTORNEYS- COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPHcm, WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT onmcn.

HERMAN MARCUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPHBLOGH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 22, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN MARCUS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Non-RefillableBottle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and comprisesparticularly an attachment for the mouth of such bottles, which is to beapplied to the same after the bottle has been filled, and which is soconstructed as to divert any fiuid with which one may attempt to refillthe bottle, into an annular chamber in the walls of the same.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a bottle of the kindmentioned which can be cheaply manufactured, and of superiorconstruction for the purpose which the invention is designed to serve.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which the same characters ofreference indicatethe same parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my improvednon-refillable bottle; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section,showing the same inverted to empty the same; and Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection on the line 38 of Fig. 2.

On the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the body of my improvedbottle, and this body has an annular internal partition 2, whichincloses the annular space between the same and the outer wall. Thepartition 2 extends from the bottom up to the shoulder of the bottle,and the space inside the partition 2 ordinarily receives the liquid withwhich the bottle is filled.

The numeral 3 represents a flange surrounding the mouth of the bottle,and to the mouth is attached a cap 4, by means of a ring or band 5. Thecap 4 has a flange at its lower end corresponding to the flange 3; andthe rear edge of the flange 3 and the lower edge of the correspondingflange of the casing 4 may be beveled so as to form an annular grooveinto which fits an internal annular rib or bead shown at 6, carried bythe ring or band 5. The opposite edges of the band 5 are of courseturned-over to engage the opposite edges of the flanges on the casingand the bottle, and thus secure 'ward to the open inner into the thecasing firmly in position. The outer walls of the casing 4 are turnedover and bent back upon themselves, as shown at 7, to form aninward-extending tube which is separated from the sides of the casing 4by an annular space. This tube carries an open frame 8, upon which restsa cork 9. The inner end of the tube supports a thimble 10 secured to thetube by means of radial arms 11 at its opposite ends, as shown.

As shown on the drawings, the thimble 10, which is closed at its innerend and open at its outer end, is spaced from the tube 7 at all pointsby the arms 11, so that, when the bottle is to be emptied, there will bean open passage around the sides of the thimble 10 to the open outer endthereof, and then inend of the tube 7 through which the liquid can bedischarged when the cork 9 is removed.

The numeral 12 represents a tube which extends along the side of theneck of the bottle through an opening in the partition 2, and downwardto a point adjacent the bottom of the annular space between the side ofthe bottle and this partition.

13 represents a conical valve which fits lower end of the tube 12 whenthe bottle is inverted, the length of this valve or plug being greaterthan the distance between the bottom of the bottle and the lower end ofthe tube 12, so that the plug can never get displaced. The space betweenthe partition 2 and the side of the bottle 1 is provided with aspherical float 14, which indicates the level of the fluid therein. Theupper end of the tube 12 inside the mouth of the bottle connects with apipe 15 which has a flaring nozzle 16; and 17 is an air tube which isoined to the pipe 15 below the nozzle. Inside the space between thepartition 2 and the side of the bottle 1 I form an opening 18 in thetube 12, to permit air inclosed between the partition 2 and the sides ofthe bottle 1 to escape, this opening being formed in the tube 12 nearthe upper part of the inclosed space, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

To fill the bottle, liquid is poured through the open mouth thereofbefore the casing 4 1s put in place. This liquid passes down into thespace inclosed by the partition 2, and care is taken so that none ofitpasses into the pipe or tube 12 into the space outside of thepartition 2. The casing 4 is then applied, and the pipe 15, which issecured to the thimble 10, fits at its lower end into the upper end ofthe tube 12. The casing is held in place by applying the band 5, and thebottle is then sealed up by means of the cork 9.

When it is desired to empty the bottle the cork is removed and thebottle turned to the position shown in Fig. 2. The liquid runs down nowinto the end of the casing t and passes between the sides of the thimble10 and tube 7 and outward through the tube 7.

Should any one now attempt to refill the bottle by pouring liquid intothe tube 7, it would not pass to the space inslde the partition 2,because the air pressure inclosed 1n the said space would be sufficientto prevent the liquid from passing around the end of the tube 7 throughthe space between the sides of the tube 7 and the thimble 10, and thenbetween the outer surface of the thimble 10 and the inner surface of thecap 4, before reaching the neck which leads-to the space inclosed by thepartition 2. Instead, the liquid would rise in the tube 7 until thelevel thereof would be above the funnel 16. Then it would flow downthrough the pipe 15 and tube 12 inside the space between the partition 2and the side of the bottle, and as the liquid rises in this space, thefloat let Wlll rise with it, air escaping in the meantime out of thespace by way of the opening 18 through the tubes 12 and 15 and thenipple 17 Once any liquid is in this space it cannot be removed withoutbreaking the bottle, for as soon as the bottle vis inverted, the plug 13will close the lower end of the tube 12 and prevent any liquid fromreturning therethrough. The only way to refill the bottle would be totake off the casing 4, and this cannot be done without breaking the band5.

The end of the tube 15 will fit loosely into the enlarged upper end ofthe tube 12, so that, when the casing 4t is applied, the tube 12 andpipe 15 will form a continuous conduit between the funnel 16 and thelower end of the space inclosed between the side of the bottle and thepartition 2. Consequently, when the cap or casing is taken off, theshort length of'pipe 15 will come off with it.

From this construction it follows that the bottle can easily be refilledat the factory or by some one familiar with the construction thereof;but should any one attempt to refill it by pouring in liquid through thetube 7, as above stated, some of the liquid will immediately be trappedin the annular space surrounding the partition 2, and as this liquidcannot be discharged from the bottle without breaking it, the fact thatthe bottle has been tampered with will thus be revealed. The exterior ofthe cap or casing 4 will make the bottle look like an ordinary bottleand give no hint of the interior construction which prevents therefilling thereof. Again, should any one wish to refill the bottle, hewould naturally assume that it could be refilled by the same path thatthe contents thereof were emptied therefrom. If he attempts to refill itin this way the result will be the trapping of some of the liquid in themanner above stated; and even though he should succeed in refilling thebottle, the liquid trapped below the lower end of the tube 12 will be asuflicient indication to any one afterward getting hold of the bottlethat the content-s were not put in by a person having authority to doso.

While I have shown and described the partition 2 as being annular, thatis, of such shape as to make an annular space between the same and theouter wall of the bottle extending entirely around the body of thebottle, it is obviousthat I do not have to make the same extend all theway around, but the purposes of the invention will be sufficientlysubserved with the same extending only part of the way around thecircumference of the bottle.

The utility of the float is of course to mark the level of the liquid inthe annular space inclosed bet-ween the wall of the bottle and thepartition 2. Should one attempt to refill the bottle and some of theliquid be trapped therein, a mark can be made on the outside of thebottle at the level of the float. If, subsequently, another attempt ismade to refill the bottle, more liquid will be trapped between the sidesof the bottle and the partition 2, and the float will rise higher forthat reason. When the bottle now goes back to the bottler, the fact thatthe float is above the mark indicating the level of the first quantityof liquid trapped in the sides of the bottle, will reveal to him thefact that another attempt at refilling by an unauthorized person hasbeen made. In this way every time the bottle has been tampered with by aperson trying to refill the same will be indicated.

I wish to have it understood that the above description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings is illustrative only,disclosing but one embodiment of my invention; and that I reserve tomyself the right to make whatever changes in the shape, size andarrangement of the parts fairly fall within the scope and spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a non-refillable vessel, the combination of a body having apartition inside of the same, said partition inclosing a portion of theinterior space of the vessel, a conduit leading through said partitioninto said inclosed space, means for diverting liquid supplied to theinterior of the vessel through said conduit into said inclosed space,and means for closing said conduit to prevent the egress of liquid fromsaid inclosed space.

2. In a non-refillable vessel, the combination of a body having anannular partition therein, said partition inclosing a portion of theinterior space of said vessel bet-ween the same and the outer wallthereof, a conduit leading from the mouth of said vessel through saidpartition into the said inclosed space, means for diverting liquidsupplied to said vessel through said conduit into said inclosed space,and means for closing said conduit and preventing the return of saidliquid from said space therethrough.

3. In a non-refillable vessel, means for inclosing a portion of theinterior space of said vessel, a conduit leading from the mouth of saidvessel through said means inside of said inclosed space, valve meanslocated in operative relation to said conduit to permit liquid to entersaid inclosed space, but preventing its egress therefrom, said conduitalso having an aperture therein, a funnel connected to said conduitadjacent the mouth of said vessel to divert liquid poured into saidvessel into said inclosed space, and a nipple extending from saidconduit adjacent said funnel to permit air in the said inclosed space topass through said conduit and said nipple upon the entrance of liquidinto said inclosed space.

4. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a body, aninward-extending tube located adjacent the mouth thereof, said tubebeing open at its inner end and being spaced from the walls of the mouthof the vessel, a thimble closing the inner end of said tube, means forinclosing a port-ion of the interior space of .the vessel, a conduitleading through said means, and valve means associated with said conduitinside of said space to permit liquid to flow into said space andprevent its egress therefrom, the said conduit extending through saidthimble into said tube, said thimble being spaced from said tube,whereby when the bottle is inverted the contents can flow into the neckthereof and into the thimble, and thence outward through said tube toempty the bottle, and, whereby, when liquid is poured into said vesselthe pressure of the air inside of the same Will prevent the liquid frompassing from said tube into said thimble to the inside of the vessel,and part of said liquid will becaused to pass through said conduit intosaid inclosed space and be trapped therein by said valve means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN MARCUS.

Witnesses A. H. DAVIS, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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